Chapter 33 - The Sauna (1/2)

The servant girl, who always kept her wits about her, seemed to be as surprised as Luke at the Elf's proposal.

”W-what do you mean, miss? He is a man and you are a girl. You can't go into the sauna together.”

Nathalia had had a plan in mind for a few days: compete against the half-wolf to see who could stand the longest in the heat of the steam. Still, she hadn't thought about the side that they would both be half-naked, so her face reddened when she realized it.

”No that's not t-that's what I meant!” She shouted as she ran out with both hands on her face.

”Whew...” Luke sighed in relief.

It wasn't that he didn't want to go into a sauna, accompanied by a pretty girl, he just doubted he would be able to see her again in a professional manner after that. In the end, the half-wolf went to the sauna alone, and Nathalia locked herself in her room.

The sauna was on the second floor, a place he had not had the opportunity to be yet.

He knew that Ayumi's office was on this floor, however, since he hadn't seen her since she had traveled to Oukiwa, he didn't see the need to ask anyone's permission, considering all the other employees were on the second floor.

As he opened the door, he saw several closets with baskets for his clothes and wooden benches. Although he found it strange that there was already a lot of steam coming through the cracks in the door, he wisely deduced: 'Martha must have laid the stones.

After undressing, Luke wrapped a white towel around his waist and went to relax deservedly, after all, he had worked hard the past week.

Nathalia was a lot of trouble not because she was weak, but because she needed a lot of support, because she acted like a Berserker while her main skills were those of a swordsman.

”Sigh... Will she change that mania of hers?”

Vushh! The dragging of the wooden door made a rubbing sound with the metal of the slide, which was already a bit rusty.

Among so much steam, it was a little difficult to see anything, and it was also difficult to distinguish smells, what was not difficult was to hear, and he distinctly heard breathing.

”Huh?” The owner of the panting breath also realized his presence.

Squeezing his eyes shut, the half-wolf saw a silhouette. Startled, he stepped back and said, ”Sorry, I didn't think the sauna was already occupied. I'll come back another time.”

”Macaw... Luke, is that you?”

”Matriarch?”

”Yes, it's me.”

”I'm sorry. I didn't mean to...”

”I'm already leaving, do you want me to wash your back?” She questioned, emerging in the middle of the steam. Ayumi was wearing a towel, held only by her right hand in front of her beautiful body, however, the large towel could not hide the large volume of her breasts.

This proposal immediately reminded Luke of that night when Meredith washed his back, so the half-wolf's heart quickened like never before. Without a second thought, he said, ”Could you?” He couldn't tell you why he could be more audacious with his boss, than he was with his childhood friend.

”Sure, come...sit down.”

Luke sat down on a comfortable bench, the opposite of the one he used when he lived in the shed. Ayumi placed some more hot stones in a metal box with the help of tongs and then poured water over them. Tchassssh! More steam infested the room.

Now quite close, Luke could easily hear the breathing of the Matriarch, who was still panting. ”Are you okay?” He questioned her, because it might have been a while since she had been in the room.

”Yes...” She replied with her voice a little shaky, then put a sponge against her back.

Ayumi was well impressed with the boy's physique, because he was not like other men: strong, full of muscles and hair. Luke had a well-defined and not at all gaudy body, not to mention his beautiful tail. Every part of his body seemed to have a purpose, and this impression was made even more remarkable by the scars that spread all over his abdomen, chest, and back.